tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post1176205328938640674..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Social Anxiety oil on neurobio fireTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-21882639915189852602010-01-10T12:35:28.438+01:002010-01-10T12:35:28.438+01:00Just to be sure, when I talk about causes, I mean ...Just to be sure, when I talk about causes, I mean the real underlying causes.<br /><br />Not triggers or proximal cause.<br /><br />Check out this wiki page:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximate_and_ultimate_causationTom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-62620375880359038332010-01-10T12:31:21.701+01:002010-01-10T12:31:21.701+01:00No, it is not. Makes perfect sense! ;-)
1) Withou...No, it is not. Makes perfect sense! ;-)<br /><br />1) Without the neurobiological deficiency, we would never have started stuttering in the first place.<br /><br />2) Without the neurobiological deficiency, we would have far less difficulties controlling our speech fluency in a demanding speaking situation.<br /><br />The neurobiological basis started us stuttering and keeps us stuttering or forces us to exercise control so not to stutter.<br /><br />But the psychological and social aspects modulate the frequency and severity of us stuttering!Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-89066032003258929922010-01-10T12:23:52.695+01:002010-01-10T12:23:52.695+01:00Hi Tom,
You say :
"Let me be crystal clear. ...Hi Tom,<br /><br />You say :<br />"Let me be crystal clear. I certainly view social anxiety as a consequence of stuttering and not the cause of stuttering."<br /><br />...and then late add :<br /><br />"There is no doubt in my mind that the shame and fear associated constitutes a significant part of the psychological and social handicap that we experience and modulates the frequency and severity of stuttering events."<br /><br />Isn't this a contradiction? So, the fear and shame modulate the frequency of our stuttering, and yet you do not beleive that it is the cause? <br />Surely, it causes some of the stuttering. Take away the fear or shame (eg. when we speak to an animal, or a baby, or to ourselves), and most of the stuttering disappears.Harrynoreply@blogger.com